Continuous sash rail



April 8 1924. 1,489,265

W. C. MEADE CONTINUOUS SASH RAIL 7 Filed Jan. 20. 1922 INVENT A TTORNEY;

Patented Apr, 55, 1924.

WILLIAM C. ME-ADE, 033 FHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANLA.

CONTINUOUS SASH RAIL.

Application filed January 20, 1922. Serial No. 530,585.

To all 10/20 122 it may concern.

Be it known that I, -VV'Irmninr C. Minnie, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Continuous Sash Rails, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the bottom rails of what are known as continuous sash adapted for use in connection with saw-tooth construction "for buildings or other sloping surfaces and also'adapted for use in the so-. called Monitor construction for vertical surfaces. These rails may be and are of varying lengths.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a rail having or embodying novel means for excluding the weather;

that is, for more effectually excluding the rain, snow or sleet from buildings or other structures and also for more effectually cluding the air from such buildings or other structures, especially in case of high winds than heretofore has been the case.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rail for so-called continuous sash having means whereby double lines of contact are provided between said rails and the co-operating sill or other abutment at the lower side of: an opening or openings which is or are adapted to be closed. by the sash and the glass secured and supported therein.

To these and other ends the invention comprehends the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which one form of embodiment thereof is shown. However, it will be understood that changes in the details of construction may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the invention.

In the drawing I have shown a View in cross section of the said rail, a section of the lower portion of the glass mounted in the sash frame and of the upper adjacent co-operating portion of the wall of a building or other structure.

The wall 1 is indicated as being slightly inclined as is the case with that portion of the wall of a saw-tooth construction with which the bottom rail or member of the sash structure co-operates to close the open- An angle plate is secured to the top of said wall, the top flange 2 of which rests upon the top of the wall while the other flange 3 extends down upon the outside of the upper edge portion thereof.

The bottom rail may be described generally and broadly as being of crossshape in transverse section. The portions iand 5 taken together may be regarded as constituting the upright portion of the cross, while the portions 6 and 7 taken together may be regarded as constituting the cross piece of the cross. The several parts or portions 4, 5, 6 and 7 may be regarded and described as flanges. Thelower edge of the glass 8 is secured in the outer angle of the rail formed by the parts i anc 7 by any suitable material 9, such, as putty. The flange-like part 5 extends inwardl as shown; that is, toward the inside 0' the building or other structure, so that the lower edge thereof occupies a position a distance to the left of the plane of the part i which approximates the height or width of the inwardly extending flange part 6. shown the flange 5 extends inwardly a distance slightly greater than that of the height of the flange or part 6, which is necessary in View of the inclination of the plane of the sash structure with respect to the plane of the wall structure 1 and of the flange 3 of the angle member previously referred to, in order that when the sash is in closed position the inner edges of both the parts 5 and 6 may contact with the said flange 3. It will be understood, however, that the heights or distances inwardly to which the parts or flanges 5 and 6 extend may be varied to accommodate the structure to the conditions of use. The part 5 is extended inwardly in the manner and to the extent described so that when the sash is in closed position the edges of both the parts 5 and 6 will contact with the outer surface of the flange 3 or any other part with which the rail is adapted In the construction as actually, I

to co-operate in'the closing of the opening a which is adapted to be closed by the sash structure.

The said sash rail may be described as having two inwardly extending flanges, the inner edges or which are adapted to contact with the outer side oi the adjacent co-operating portion of the structure, whatever it may be.

By reason of the fact that the inner edge of the flange or part 6 contacts with the flange 3 along the line below its upper edge and below the upper edge of the wall structure 1, it is apparent that any moisture which may be formed by condensation upon the inner side of the glass 8 and on the sash structure will be conducted to the outside of the building or other structure and wil not drop down upon persons or objects upon the inside of the building or other structure.

I have shown no mechanical means for opening and closing the sash. but it will be understood that any suitable means may be employed for that purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

LA bottom rail for continuous sash which is in the form of a cross in trans verse section one of the flanges constituting a portion of the cross member of said cross extending inwardly with respect to said sash, and the lower portion of the upright part of said cross extending a distance inwardly approximately the height of said flange, substantially as described.

reac es 2. A sash structure having a bottom rail provided with two inwardly extending flange-like portions, the inner edges of which 5 are arranged in spaced relation to each other and both of which, when the sash is in closed position, contacting with the outer side portion of an abutting structure, the line of contact oil the uppermost of said flanges being 40 situated a short distance below the upper edge of said structure.

A bottom rail "for continuous sash, comextending flanges the prising two inwardly ed? lel relation to each other and are adapted to make double lines of contact with the,

outer side. of the wall with which said sash are associated.

A bottom rail for continuous sash, comname this 16th day of January, A. 1)., 1922;

WILLIAM G. MEADE.

es of which are arranged in spaced paral- 45 of the wall below the claim the foregoing as 

